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    Tag: #Kapaun #POW/MIA #MOH
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    • Remains of Army Chaplain Emil Kapaun, Kansan, identified

      Story by Kirk Hutchinson   |   Fort Riley Public Affairs Office   |   03.05.2021

      On March 5, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that remains of Korean War Medal of Honor recipient, Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Joseph Kapaun, have been accounted for. Kapaun, of Pilsen, Kansas, served as a chaplain with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division during the Korean War and was listed as a POW near Unsay on November 2, 1950, with a......